Output details
34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Lincoln
Designing with waste
Context
This output results from the coming together of two distinct branches of research within the discipline of design studies; Bramston's practice-based and commercially oriented design work and Maycroft's research on waste, discard, material culture and consumption.
Process
Bramston's design practice has resulted in the bringing of many innovative products 'upcycled' from waste successfully to market. Maycroft's widely published research concerning materiality, obsolescence and specifically the 'revalorisation’ of waste, segues into Bramston's research practice directly.
Both are centrally concerned with research through the materiality of prosaic objects. Theoretical analyses are tested against hands-on material experimentation and that practice itself then informs theoretical speculation.
Sharing
Designing from Waste by Maycroft and Bramston appears in 'Materials Experience: Fundamentals of Materials and Design' Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (2013).
